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beaches.. Failing. this,. the. active. maintenance. of. beaches. in. their. present. location.
by.nourishment.is.far.preferable.to.hard.engineering.(e.g.,.seawalls).from.the.nature.
conservation. and. socioeconomic. points. of. view.. In. addition,. resilience. would. be.
promoted. by. minimizing. nonclimate. stresses,. which. may. act. synergistically. with.
climate. factors.. Because. beach. ecosystems. are. poorly. understood,. active. adaptive.
management.is.recommended.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I. have. learned. much. about. sandy. beach. biology. from. the. “Serans. group”. (Anton.
McLachlan,.Thomas.Schlacher,.Felicita.Scapini,.David.Schoeman,.Mariano.Lastra,.
and. Jenifer. Dugan). and. from. other. prominent. biologists. such. as. Omar. Defeo. and.
Eduardo.Jaramillo..Thanks.are.also.due.to.William.Gladstone.and.Nicole.Hacking,.
who. contributed. to. an. earlier. version. of. this. paper;. to. Peter. Cowell,. Andy. Short,.
Peter.Roy,.and.Doug.Lord.for.discussions.on.geomorphology;.to.Ross.Sadlier,.Helen.
Stoddart,.Roger.Springthorpe,.and.Anna.Murray.for.taxonomic.assistance;.and.espe-
cially. to. Robin. Marsh. for. organizing. the. literature.. An. anonymous. referee. made.
many.constructive.comments.
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